Knowledge quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."
"One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom another's folly."
"The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."
"There are always those who think they know what is your responsibility better than you do."
"Life is a festival only to the wise."
"What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it."
"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded."
"The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived--this is to have succeeded."
"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
"The years teach much which the days never know."
"All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
"The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point."
"We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves."
"It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated."
"This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it."
"Knowledge exists to be imparted."
"To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching."
"The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool."
"I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books."
"I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy."
"We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing."
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."